ONE PERFECT LIE by Lisa Scottoline is a very intriguing story with unexpected revelations. This is a story about high school athletes. One is from an affluent family, one is being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college and the other is the son of a struggling single mother who lives for her son. All three of these athletes are vulnerable, easy to impress young men. This is a story about home grown terrorism and nothing is as it appears. This is one of those stories that totally surprised me because nothing was what I expected. It has a real life feeling to it because it has true relevance to today and the world we live in. It's an eye opener of how easily teenagers can be influenced and pulled into doing something they have no control over.

Chris Brennan is the new teacher and assistant baseball coach that looks perfect on paper. But everything is not what it appears to be. He starts getting to know the athletes and will either be a positive or negative influence in their lives.

Raz is an athletically talented athlete with a promising career in baseball who is being recruited for a full-time scholarship. But a painful loss leaves him vulnerable and easily influenced to make good or bad choices.

Jordan is a shy baseball player who has a struggling single mother concerned about his friendship with one of his teammates that comes from affluent family. She has concerns about her son being steered down the wrong path.

Evan has a father who is a surgeon and a mother who spends her time attending social events and drinking. The father and son are keeping secrets that may destroy them all.

This is a riveting and emotional story with shocking twists that you won't see coming.